ISLAMABAD: US National Security Advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster arrived in Islamabad on Monday on an unannounced visit, a day after he hinted the US could take a tougher stance on Pakistan.

It was the first visit by a top member of President Donald Trump's administration to the militancy-hit South Asian country, and came after a stop in neighboring Afghanistan where he suggested Washington may take a stronger line on Islamabad, for years seen as an unreliable US ally.

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